Vocab Words (CHAPTER 4)

Question 1

Affirm

Answer 1

To validate and express commitment to something.

Question 2

Collective Identity

Answer 2

The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture.

Question 3

Collective Rights

Answer 3

Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons.

Question 4

Sovereignty

Answer 4

Independence as a people, with a right to self government.

Question 5

First Nations

Answer 5

The umbrella name for the Indigenous peoples are recognized and protected in Canada’s constitution.

Question 6

Annuity

Answer 6

An annual payment

Question 7

Reserve

Answer 7

Land for the exclusive use of First Nations.

Question 8

Indian

Answer 8

The word Europeans first used to describe the First Nations.

Question 9

Entrenching

Answer 9

Fixing firmly within.

Question 10

Indian Act

Answer 10

Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations of North America. First passes in 1876 and amended several times.

Question 11

Ethnocentrism

Answer 11

The belief that one’s culture is superior to all other cultures.

Question 12

Assimilate

Answer 12

Become part of a different cultural group. (Not your own.)

Question 13

Publicly Funded

Answer 13

Paid for by taxes and provided by the government.

Question 14

Inherent Rights

Answer 14

Rights with origins in fundamental justice.

Question 15

Script

Answer 15

In Metis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and that was offered to the Metis at the time the Numbered Treaties were negociated.

Question 16

Autonomy

Answer 16

Authority to make decisions.